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Nelson Mandela’s address to rally in Durban 25 February 1990
… the biggest and most powerful labour organisation in our history. We recognise that battles won in industrial disputes … of our struggle today. We salute…
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… Eminent Persons, The Presidents and NEC Members of the ANC Women`s League, ANC Youth League and the ANC Veterans League … with the support of the continent…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2012
… Eminent Persons, The Presidents and NEC Members of the ANC Women`s League, ANC Youth League and the ANC Veterans League … with the support of the continent…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… by the threat of violence or actual violence. The Cape colonial slave society was no different. For slaves on the … reminding them that they were also human…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… of Congo was formerly the Belgian Congo. The capital under colonial rule was Leopoldville (now Kinshasa). The area was … position to loot his country's…
Chapter X - Trial by detention
… there were only whites, coloureds, Indians and African women. African men had been held in the Newlands police … His health was still precarious after his…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… Congress of Democrats, the Federation of South African Women, the South African Congress of Trade Unions and the … was that it attempted to do what was never…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 84th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1996
… These dates are not mere landmarks in our glorious history of struggle. They are an important part of the … conference of 1956; the 40th anniversary of the…
Slavery in South Africa
… Some of the slave trade was from India. This aspect of history is little known even in South Africa. The slaves from … (1656, 1658 and 1659) were between…
ArticleTimeline of State Action Against the Press in the 1960s
… Cape Town. The report had been intercepted by the Durban postal authorities. (Merrett:42) Apr 5- Patrick Duncan, …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… students are expelled. Tiro eventually gets a job as a history teacher at Morris Isaacson School in Soweto, but is … Germiston Station for standing up for…
Performance, Violence and the Collapse of a Cultural Movement by Ari Sitas
… Working Life Project,the Sarmol Coop, the Self-Employed Women's Union dissipated in its own violent implosion in a …
ANC Gauteng Province pays tribute to Comrade Lawrance Phokanoka,15 July 2005
… alliance. In his passing away, he joins a rich and brave history of great patriots and freedom fighters. This history of struggle starts with the first Khoi…
The Afrikaner Bond
… stance would run throughout the organisation’s history and take different forms in each of the states. … Die Afrikaanse Patriot, in January 1876, and…
The Godliness of Apartheid Planning by Elizabeth Corrado, (University of Illinois), 5 October 2013
… APARTHEID Dutch Reformed roots in South Africa How are colonial histories of planning transnational? Apartheid as … that Afrikaans was the only medium that…
The Changing Nature of the African Working Class: Migrant Workers, Identity and Struggles by Sithembiso Bhengu
… Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract The history of the African working class is symbiotic with … Africa, characterised by the massive movement…
PlaceComrades Marathon- 'House' or Museum
… World War I. It was only in 1975 that Black runners and Women were allowed to take part. At the time of Apartheid … in Pietermaritzburg's architectural…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
… Distinguished Guests; Citizens of Bloemfontein, The history of South Africa would have been very different … the fact that this region has been a crossroads…
PlaceSomerset Hospital, Cape Town
… Cape in 1859 is a great visit if you are interested in the History of medicine, particularly as it emphasises both …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… The ANC congress resolves to review its position on women membership. Dr. A.B. Xuma is elected as the Chairman of … they form a youth league within the…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… Photograph by Shadrack Nkomo © Bailey's African History Archive. Numerous factors characterised the … one another. Resistance Deepens and Expands: The Role…
ArticleSouth African Film
… which derive from the continent’s rich tradition of oral history and indigenous modes of communication. Since the end of the colonial era, films have been…
EventSir Bartle Frere, the new British High Commissioner delivers an ultimatum to Cetshwayo the Zulu king to disband his army’
… Cetshwayo's ruled the Zulu nation at a time when British colonial penetration of the South African hinterland was gaining momentum. Successive British…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… does not benefit their communities. More so, there is a history of disciplines treating and depicting amaXhosa … as an exotic other and ahistorical – largely…
ArticleMafika Pascal Gwala Annual Lecture
… Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both … issues. The lecture series is in line…
ArticleMafika Gwala Third Annual Lecture, 5 October 2017
… Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with both … issues. The lecture series is in line…
Griqua
… Introduction The arrival of the Boers and the colonial masters to the area known as Griqualand West, denied … causes of tension was between wanting to be…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 1 - The Necessity of Utopian Thinking
… common-sense thinking are not obvious. The struggle of the women's liberation movement to be taken seriously, let alone … we have to make is to grasp the…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… of this organization grew immensely and by the 1940s, a Women's League and a Youth League had been formed. Following … been lauded as one of the greatest men…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… town indicates that its population consists of 73 men, 30 women, 44 boys and 33 girls. The figures exclude the 75 … prospectus. 1853 1 September, Issue of…